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Madeleine Albright speaks at MU

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First female Secretary of State talks foreign policy

JAMES STEINBAUER EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

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LAURA FITZGERALD THE MIAMI STUDENT

In less than a month, the American people will elect a new president who will face many challenges in foreign policy. Madeleine Albright, the first female secretary of state, spoke of those challenges on Monday night, stressing tolerance and cooperation in a world of fear and division.

“In our era, it will often be the ones wanting to divide and destroy us claiming headlines, but it will be our job to keep our wits about us, convinced that hope is a stronger force than fear,” Albright said.

Students, faculty and members of the general public packed into Millett Hall on Monday night, chattering as they waited for Albright to speak.

She outlined five challenges facing the new president: terrorism and the collapse of the Middle East, Russia’s aggression and the weakening of the United States’ European allies, the prevention of a nuclear arms race with North Korea, the backlash against globalization and adapting government institutions to new and faster technologies.

Albright referenced prevalent topics like the Arab spring, which, despite the lofty ideals that it started with, led to terrorist groups capitalizing on the instability of a movement without leaders. She recommended tolerance and aid as the solutions.

“We must destroy the fiction that the US is hostile to Muslims and other Arabs,” Albright said. “This job will be easier if we are willing to do more to interact with the national community to alleviate the suffering of millions of refugees and to help end the civil wars from which they are fleeing.”

She also brought up Brexit, the exit of the United Kingdom from the rest of the European Union, as it breeds dangerous nationalism in an era in which cooperation is needed.

Albright talked about the dangers of Vladimir Putin’s nationalism and frustration at Russia’s loss of superpower status following the Cold War, and the aggression in Eastern Europe that he is pushing as a result of that. Her solution is diplomacy.

“Patience and persistence, not panic, must be our approach,” Albright said. “We must adopt a posture of both deterrence and dialogue, which is what NATO endorsed this sum-

Miami University — Oxford, Ohio

RYAN TERHUNE THE MIAMI STUDENT

Sponsored by the Farmer School of Business, former Secretary of State Madeleiene Albright addressed students at Millet Hall Monday, Oct. 17.

Oxford police arrested a man on Friday after the robbery and shooting of two Miami University students last week and said the shooting happened in the middle of a drug deal.

Patrick J. Belinson, 27, of Cleveland Ohio was arrested in connection to the robbery and shooting on Tuesday, Oct. 4 that left the two male students wounded.

Volodymyr Kovalenko, a 23-year-old junior from Beachwood Ohio, was shot in the leg as he struggled to wrestle a gun from his attacker. Miami junior Jared Goldhamer, 20, who lives at

the home in the 200 block of N. Campus Avenue, was also shot in the leg.

Goldhamer was transported to McCullough Hyde Memorial Hospital and Kovalenko was transported to West Chester Hospital.

Both have since been released.

Belinson Belinson has been charged with two counts of complicity to aggravated robbery, a 1st degree felony that carries a penalty of three to 10 years in prison and fines up to $20,000, and two counts of ARREST »PAGE 2

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RYAN TERHUNE THE MIAMI STUDENT

Miami students lined up following the lecture to ask Albright, the first female to serve as Secretary of State, their questions.

Oxford and Miami University police responded just before 3 a.m. on Saturday to the sound of gunshots near the 100 block of E. High Street and Uptown Park.

Witnesses told police that an altercation began on High Street and moved to the E. Park Street parking lot where a male shot a gun several times, apparently in an upward direction, Miami University’s Institutional Response Team wrote in a statement on the myMiami homepage.

Police found multiple 9mm shells in the lot, but

there were no reported injuries.

The suspect is described as a light-skinned black male with blond dreadlocks wearing a gray hoodie and gray pants, according to the statement.

The description matches that of the alleged attacker in the shooting on Oct. 4 at the 200 block of N. Campus Avenue that wounded two Miami University students.

However, Robinson said that neither of the two cases are related to one another.

“The Oxford Police Department continues to investigate the two recent cases involving firearms,” OPD Lt. SHOOTING »PAGE 2

Caroline & Jack from calc ‘She was entering the drunk-texting danger zone’ LOVE

ALBRIGHT »PAGE 2

Caroline was only at Notre Dame to see her sister for the weekend. Back at Miami, parents were infiltrating Oxford for Parents’ Weekend, but Caroline’s parents were out of state visiting her other sister. Desperate to spend Parents’ Weekend with some family, Caroline crossed state lines and drove to Northern Indiana.

It was nearly 11 p.m. and Caroline was four shots and a mixed drink deep. She was entering the drunk-texting danger zone.

Caroline was attending her first dorm party, and a boy had been following her around all night. He was also visiting Notre Dame, but from the University of Cincinnati. UC Boy was nice enough to talk to, and maybe make out with, but she wasn’t actually interested.

She had a boy back home.

Well, he wasn’t really her boy, per se. But a boy. A boy she liked — a lot.

“Wanna get out of here?”

UC Boy asked.

Caroline looked at him quizzically. “You don’t go here. Where would we go?”

Confused, UC Boy paused.

Caroline left to find her sister.

This boy just asked me to leave with him, Caroline typed as she walked. She nearly dropped her phone before finally clicking the blue “send” button on her iPhone. The contact was titled “Jack calc.”

Caroline quickly got a response: Are you going?

She huffed. No! I like someone from Miami.

The response? Cool.

Confused, Caroline put her phone back into a pocket.

Didn’t he know? Didn’t Jack know that it was him?

Caroline had met Jack last fall when they sat next

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An exercise of empathy in a polarizing presidential election season.

Miami University can not be defined by just three groups.

With less than a month to go, a broken Republican Party begins abandoning Trump.

RedHawks beat Kent State 18-14. MU travels to Bowling Green this weekend.

Miami’s League of Legends team will start scrimmages this week.

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to each other in Calculus 1.

Halfway through the semester, Caroline spilled coffee down her shirt.

“You’re a mess,” he had told her, before getting up and returning with a handful of napkins.

That was when it started and now, a year later, they had weekly Tuesday lunch dates and were on a 90-day Snapchat streak. They had kissed, but only drunkenly at Brick Street. It was slowgoing to be sure, but it was going. That was all that mattered to Caroline.

But still, she was dumbfounded. Didn’t he know?

There’s a guy I like like at Miami, Caroline texted again, using the middle school repetition of “like” to convey her seriousness. He’s at Miami and I like him.

I’m going to bed, came the response. Goodnight.

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Oxford cyclists bemoan bike lane parkers TRANSPORTATION

COLLEEN GRIMM

THE MIAMI STUDENT

Bicycles are a popular way to traverse the streets of Oxford, both on campus and off. But a lot of questions have been raised over the safety of cyclists. Cars have been double parking and stopping in bike lanes, and cyclists have not been obeying traffic signs and signals.

“The sidewalks aren’t wide enough to accommodate bikers and pedestrians, and if there is a bike lane, there

are cars in it,” said Jill Frye, a first-year who rides her bike to class at least once a week. .

Cyclists in Oxford have been chronicling safety issues regarding cars sitting in bike lanes on a Facebook page called “Bikeable Oxford!” The site has reports of cars, both school and student owned, pulling over and parking in bike lanes to drop people off and throw away trash.

Michael Flitcraft, a member of the page, gave an BIKING »PAGE 2

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Geoff Robinson said in the statement. “While it appears that the suspects in both isolated incidents were not connected to the Oxford-Miami community, we encourage all community members to maintain awareness to their surroundings.”

Oxford City Manager Doug Elliott said he expects police will make another arrest in connection to the Oct. 4 shooting soon.

“We do our best to make it a safe environment for students and other citizens,” Elliott said. “But in this day and age, there are a lot of guns out there, and we’re not immune to some of the violence that occurs in our country.”

Police said the the shooting is still under investigation.

Anyone with information is asked to call Oxford Police at 513524-5240.

This story was produced in cooperation with patch.com, a community-focused website with content produced by Miami journalism students.

sages the next morning, Caroline was sure that Jack had misunderstood her.

The thought made her laugh. In her mind, there was never anyone else.

The following Tuesday, Jack was waiting at their usual table in Armstrong. It was only a twoseater and they had to move to a larger table to accommodate the friend Caroline had brought along.

She couldn’t face Jack alone, and her friend was the perfect buffer for the awkwardness that lurked between them.

Their lunch was full of chatter, jokes and kind-hearted teasing.

On the surface, lunch was normal and Jack was normal. But Caroline was not.

She just wanted to grab his face and tell him, make him understand that that guy that she “like liked” was him. His ignorance was still mind-boggling. How did he not know?

Watching Jack from across the table at Armstrong, Caroline thought about doing just that. But she was afraid of what he would say. She couldn’t do it, not right now.

But maybe next Tuesday, she would. Maybe.

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RYAN TERHUNE THE MIAMI STUDENT

Sponsored by the Farmer School of Business, former Secretary of State Madeleiene Albright addressed students at Millet Hall Monday, Oct. 17.

FROM ALBRIGHT »PAGE 1

mer at the summit in Warsaw.”

She also referenced anger with the slow pace of government given an increasingly internet-driven world.

Questions for Albright were as varied as the differences between the Syrian and Baltic conflicts, the ability of democracy to succeed in countries without a democratic tradition and the question of arming Kurdish fighters in the Syrian conflict.

Albright broke the glass ceiling for women in the United States as she was sworn in by Bill Clinton in 1997. At the time, she was the highest ranking woman ever in government.

Assistant Director for External

Relations for the Farmer School of Business Kirk Bogard said with such prevalent topics as Brexit and the role of China’s economic growth in an increasingly globalized world the lecture tied into business classes students are taking. Albright’s experience negotiating trade deals is an invaluable tool for students to learn from.

“We wanted an individual that had world or global leadership experience,” Bogard said. “As a business school, we’re interested in the global economy and the role the United States plays in the global economy and how that all fits together.”

In addition, her status as the first female secretary of state demonstrates a positive role model for women in leadership roles, Bogard

said.

“Around the world, women in leadership positions of that level and at that time you held office, they were very far and few between,” Bogard said. “So we thought it was a pretty powerful statement to have her come.”

Albright was chosen by a committee of faculty and students as part of the Anderson distinguished lecture series.

Senior Natalie Roberts wanted to see Albright because of her place in government. As a public administration major, she wanted to know more about Albright’s work, especially as a woman in a powerful position.

“Madeleine is a public administrator so I’m just interested in seeing her perspective,” Roberts said.

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complicity to felonious assault, a 2nd degree felony with a penalty of three to 11 years in prison and fines up to $20,000.

Police initially reported that Kovalenko contacted a person through Craigslist to buy a car.

Kovalenko told police that the purported owner of the vehicle and another man drove the car from Cleveland to meet him at 210 N. Campus Avenue — a house known as “Study A Broad.”

However, subsequent investigation revealed the transaction was not for a vehicle, but approximately $4,000 worth of marijuana.

While assisting Kovalenko and Goldhamer, Oxford police saw at least two shell casings on the floor, a large amount of blood on the floor and drugs and drug paraphernalia in the common area of the house, according to a search warrant issued on Oct. 7.

Court records show that in the search of the N. Campus Avenue home, police recovered a Cobra .380 semiautomatic pistol and three shell casings: one under a downstairs table, one next to the table and another next to a bloodstain and hole in the floor of the downstairs living room.

Police also recovered: - One Triton T2 Scale - Five baggies and multiple buds of marijuana - Four marijuana pipes - Three marijuana grinders - A tray containing a light brown and dark brown substance on wax paper - Rolling papers - $2,000 in cash Police are still searching for at least one other suspect, who is described as a black man, with dreadlocks, about five-feet, 11-inches tall and weighing about 190 pounds.

Anyone with information is asked to call Oxford Police at 513524-5240.

This story was produced in cooperation with patch.com, a community-focused website with content produced by Miami journalism students. Chris Graves contributed to this report.

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account of a recent issue with a school-owned vehicle.

“This morning at 7:45, a Miami University Physical services pickup, white, plate ending in 559 decided it would be prudent to park in the bicycle lane to put minor amounts of trash in the cans, instead of parking in the driveway/parking spaces less than a block from Armstrong. The driver thought this was justified since he was putting trash in a can. I think it’s incredibly unjustified.”

This was not the end of the issue. A few hours later, Flitcraft ran into another problem: According to his post, a student driving a white Maserati was parked in the bike lane less than 20 yards from the driveway next to Armstrong.

“I asked what he was doing, and ‘dropping off this girl’ was the response. He had no concept of what a bike lane is and isn’t to be used for as the conversation progressed.”

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‘Hillbilly Elegy’ is an exercise in empathy in a polarizing election season BOOKS

DEVON SHUMAN CULTURE EDITOR

“Never be like these fucking losers who think the deck is stacked against them. You can do anything you want to.”

This was the advice that author J.D. Vance often heard from his grandmother, whom he knew as Mamaw, while growing up in Jackson, Kentucky and Middletown, Ohio. Following his Mamaw’s advice, Vance has built a successful life for himself. He served in Iraq, received degrees from Ohio State and Yale Law and is currently a principal at a leading Silicon Valley investment firm.

But his story is a rare one.

In his recent memoir, “Hillbilly Elegy,” Vance paints a hauntingly honest and personal portrait of the poor, white working-class, specifically the Scots-Irish or “hillbilly” subgroup. This is the culture that Vance was born into, but it’s a culture that seldom sees or encourages his sort of upward mobility.

The majority of people born into his situation never make it out.

It’s hard to ignore the political relevance of Vance’s book. In an election season that has rapidly broadened the harsh partisan divide in this country, Vance effectively gives a voice to the voiceless.

Elite political candidates talk often about the plight of the working class and the Midwestern steel workers, but Vance gives us a true glimpse of their struggles from the inside.

This is part of what makes Vance’s story so powerful. As he writes, “This book is not an academic study… [it’s] a history of opportunity and upward mobility viewed through the eyes of a group of hillbillies from Appalachia.” He sprinkles statistics and research here and there to bolster his message, but his aim is to tell a personal story. He offers a depiction of hillbilly culture, not as a candidate pandering to the masses or a welldressed professor at the front of a lecture hall, but as a person who grew up within that very culture.

Vance’s family, like many others, took part in the “hillbilly migration,” traveling along Route 23 from Kentucky to Ohio in search

of a better life. “To my grandparents, the goal was to get out of Kentucky and give their kids a head start,” he writes. “The kids, in turn were expected to do something with that head start. It didn’t quite work out that way.”

While Vance’s family was able to find work and improve their lives financially, they were never able to escape the culture that had held them back for so long. Hillbillies are proud. They value honor and don’t take kindly to insults or injustices against their family. These values did not translate smoothly into the polite and orderly world they moved to.

In one instance, a pharmacy clerk yelled at Vance’s Uncle Jimmy, a young boy at the time, for playing with an expensive toy.

Jimmy’s parents, Vance’s Mamaw and Papaw, responded accordingly. Papaw smashed the toy and

began to move toward the clerk aggressively while Mamaw “started grabbing random shit off the shelves and throwing it all over the place. She’s screaming ‘Kick his fucking ass! Kick his fucking ass!’”

It’s these anecdotes, laced with humor yet punctured by a deeper sorrow, that make Vance’s memoir so striking. He explains that hillbillies have many vices — alcoholism, drug abuse, rowdiness, adultery — and these vices follow them into Ohio’s Rust Belt. On one occasion, Mamaw warned her husband that if he ever came home violently drunk again, she’d kill him. A week later, he returned home plastered.

“Mamaw, never one to tell a lie, calmly retrieved a gasoline canister from the garage, poured it all over her husband, lit a match, and dropped it on his chest.”

He erupted into flames, but

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escaped with only minor burns.

If this were some goofy cartoon depicting backwards, barefoot, moonshine-swigging hillbillies, we might chuckle at their antics.

But, of course, it’s not. These are real people dealing with real issues. By blurring this line between humor and real-world terror, Vance forces us to empathize with his people, to break down our stereotype-riddled views and look at them as common human beings and citizens.

As I made my way through Vance’s story, I struggled to identify what side of the political spectrum he was coming down on.

By detailing the immense struggles faced by the white workingclass, Vance at first appears to be denouncing the right’s ideal image of the American Dream, arguing that not everybody can work their way upward through hard work

and determination. He attributes his own success not to personal willpower, but to a combination of talent, luck and the help of those around him.

At the same time, however, he does not shy away from criticizing his culture’s faults. He tells the story of a man he worked with at a tile warehouse who, despite being lucky enough to land a wellpaying job, lost it due to chronic laziness. “There is a lack of agency here — a feeling that you have little control over your life and a willingness to blame everyone but yourself.” Is he confirming the conservative notion that the poor are held back only by their lack of a good work ethic?

However, attempting to view the book through a particular political lens is inherently misguided. Vance offers a personal narrative amid a politically polarized society, and yet here I was trying to apply to it that very partisan ideology. Vance’s goal is not to say who among the left or the right is correct; his aim, rather, is to break down those party lines — to push inward a nation that continues to grow further and further apart.

At the end of the book, Vance recalls a recurring nightmare in which he is chased by his mother, provoking “pure terror.” The dream resurfaces later in his life, but this time, he is the monster and he is chasing after his dog, Casper. When he finally catches Casper, he sees the sadness in his pet’s eyes. “So I didn’t throttle him; I gave him a hug. And the last emotion I felt before waking was relief at having controlled my temper.”

This role reversal echoes Vance’s overall message. We cannot progress if we continue to demonize one another, to lump each other into categories (Republicans, Democrats, hillbillies, the 1%, etc.) and base our understanding of the world on the explanations of the few. Only by reading these stories, by attempting to comprehend why people are the way that they are, by learning how to practice radical empathy, can we move toward a better society.

“Hillbilly Elegy” doesn’t accomplish that. But it points us in the right direction.

Slice of Life: Embracing the music STUDENT LIFE

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THE MIAMI STUDENT

The group stands in the corner of 45. A sliver of space separates them from the swirling mass of bodies dancing to the music.

“We’re not drunk enough for this,” one of them yells. You can barely hear her over the bass.

But she’s right. The group is part of the small minority that is devoid of even a drop of alcohol.

Small tight circles of people move to the music. Some stumble and spill their drinks. You can see them laughing, but it’s another sound swallowed by the ever-present bass.

In the middle of the dance floor, two couples draw attention.

One pair isn’t moving. They’re just standing in front of each other looking into the distance, lost in the loud music and alcohol.

But their friends are anything but

still.

The pair form an X, connecting at the hips and then branching off.

They grind their bodies together, never separating. They draw uncomfortable looks from the group in the corner.

“It looks like they’re gonna have sex right here,” one of them mutters.

The couple doesn’t notice. Everyone else does.

Some laugh and cheer the two on, while others move away — like the group in the corner.

The guy starts kissing his girl’s neck, doing his best impression of Dracula.

The space around them grows as drunk kids shift away from them as if they want to give the pair privacy on the crowded dance floor.

“Ignore them! Just dance!” one of the group yells.

“I can’t dance unless I’m drunk!”

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Students walk by the Sundial toward Central Quad, enjoying the beautiful weather.

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Editors’ pop culture picks VINYL »PAGE 5 The things we watched, listened to and streamed over Fall Break THE CHAINSMOKERS

I’ve been aware of the band The Chainsmokers since last year but slowly stopped listening to the few songs I had been playing on repeat. I occasionally heard them on the radio over the summer but was far from an avid fan. Just last weekend, though, I discovered more of their songs and made a playlist on Spotify dedicated mostly to the band. The great thing about The Chainsmokers’ songs is their versatility — you can dance, sing along or just listen while studying. The Chainsmokers mixed several genres and somehow found a way to make their music both upbeat and mellow at the same time. (Alison Perelman, Assistant Culture Editor)

BILL BURR’S “MONDAY MORNING PODCAST”

Few comedians — scratch that, few people in general — have the ability to rant like Bill Burr. No matter the topic, you can be sure he has an opinion on it. Give him a microphone and an audience, and he can wax poetic (okay, maybe not so poetic) for hours on end. And that’s exactly what his “Monday Morning

Podcast” is — him, by himself, ranting about whatever comes to his mind. Is it informative? Not really. Is it educational? Not at all. But is it laugh-out-loud entertaining?

You bet. For those moments in life where you can’t handle being alone with your own thoughts, turn to Bill Burr and let him fill your mind with his. (Devon Shuman, Culture Editor)

“THE FREEWHEELIN’ BOB DYLAN”

Last week, iconic American troubadour Bob Dylan was awarded the Nobel prize in literature for “having created new poetic expressions within the great American song tradition.” Since the announcement, the Swedish Academy hasn’t received any response from the acclaimed singer-songwriter. The silence seems fitting for Dylan who fueled anti-war protests with folk classics “Blowin’ in the Wind” and “Masters of War” which appear on this 1963 release. The idea for my favorite track, “Girl from the North Country,” first came to Dylan three years before he recorded the song. I also recommend giving a listen to another version of the same song that appeared on “Nashville Skyline” which features Johnny Cash singing the tune alongside Dylan. Cash adds even more melancholy to Dylan’s simple lyricism. (Emily Williams, Managing Editor)

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another yells back.

The group stops dancing. They move out of their corner and toward the stairs.

“Should we just leave then?” They

look at each other and shrug.

“Have a good night, guys,” an employee says.

As the group leaves, they toss one last look at the couple on the dance floor.

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Redshirt sophomore setter Mackenzie Zielinski had 22 assists and 10 digs on the night, while junior libero Maeve McDonald chipped in 14 assists.

The squad then took a short trip to face off against the Eastern Michigan Eagles on Saturday night.

Three kills by Tomasic, two kills

by Below, and a service ace by McDonald forced an EMU timeout as the ’Hawks jumped out to a 14-9 lead in the first set. Later, clinging to a 23-21 advantage, a kill by junior right side hitter Olivia Rusek and an Eagle attack error gave MU the 25-21 win.

In the second set, Kukoc led the way with two early kills and a service ace to give the squad an 11-5 lead. EMU closed the gap to 15-17, but a kill and block by junior middle hitter Meredith Stutz helped Miami pull away. Two service aces

by Zielenski and Below closed out

the 25-18 victory for the Red and White.

Tied at 12 apiece in the third set, an 8-1 Eastern Michigan run put the game out of reach for MU. Down 24-14, two service aces and a kill by Rusek revived the ’Hawks, but EMU responded with a block to secure the 25-17 win.

The Eagles rode their momentum to a 10-6 lead in the fourth set.

With a potential fifth set looming, the RedHawks rallied to tie the game at 19 apiece behind kills by Rusek, Below, Tomasic and Hill. A service ace by Rusek gave the Red and White its first lead of the set at 20-19. Miami never looked back, as a block by Stutz and Tomasic clinched the set at 25-21, giving MU the 3-1 match victory.

The Eagles hit .301 against the RedHawks, which was the second highest attack percentage against Miami on the year. With the loss, EMU fell to 7-14 overall and 2-6 in the MAC. Miami had a .349 attacking percentage, led by the strong play of Tomasic, who had a team-high 13 kills. She recorded no errors on the match, finishing with a staggering .520 attack percentage.

Kukoc finished a strong weekend with a near double-double, tallying nine kills and 10 digs. Zielinski (26 assists and 11 digs) and senior setter Krista Brakauskas (23 assists and eight digs) had solid all-around matches, while McDonald led the RedHawks with 14 digs.

“We are really trying to focus on finishing games strong and staying aggressive in all aspects of the game,” McDonald said.

Miami now finishes regular season play with six of its final eight matches at home. A solid showing throughout the next month will likely secure the top seed for the squad in the conference tournament.

The home stand begins 7 p.m.

Friday night against the University of Toledo.

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and speed, flying past the OSU defense and ringing a shot off the crossbar about six and a half minutes in.

Despite a barrage of quality scoring chances for both teams, the second and third periods passed without a tie breaker.

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vors near the end of the third quarter, as the Flashes snapped the ball into their own endzone, resulting in a safety and two points for the ‘Hawks.

This made the score 14-12 in favor of the Golden Flashes entering the

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next year’s tournament ,and it’s a big deal. That put a lot of pressure on the players, not just Miami but Kent State, too. I don’t think this is about revenge or anything like that, it is about this year, and this year this game was important.”

The determination of the RedHawks and Flashes congested the field with back and forth play, and the first shot of the game came for KSU in the 10th minute.

A penalty corner earned by sophomore back Ashley Laskowitz in the 17th minute changed the tone of play. Miami’s first and only goal of the weekend resulted from junior back Mariona Heras’ shot and Laskowitz’s and senior forward Carla Romagosa’s assists.

Following the score, Kent State upped its pressure and took two shots before junior forward Alison Harmatz scored in the 26th minute, earning her 13th goal of the season.

Junior midfielder Jessica Nesbitt assisted on the goal that caught Mi-

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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 18, 2016 After regulation expired, the teams battled through a five-minute fiveon-five overtime session. With no goals scored in the first extra session, the teams played a five-minute threeon-three period in accordance with the new National Collegiate Hockey Conference overtime rules.

Despite the open ice, neither side

was able to score to end the game.

In the golden goal shootout, Louis went first for Miami, but his juke to the left was saved by OSU senior goaltender Matt Tomkins. Freshman forward and Philadelphia Flyers prospect Tanner Laczynski went next for Ohio State, craftily beating Larkin to end the game.

“Both teams had their chances in overtime, and in the end this goes down as a tie for NCAA purposes,” Blasi said. “I’m happy with our team and the experience it’s gaining in these situations that just can’t be replicated in practice.”

The tightly contested match-up concluded with Ohio State tallying

a shot more than Miami, 24-23. On the power-play, the RedHawks went one-for-six while killing off all four of the Buckeyes’ advantages.

The Red and White continues its home stand Friday and Saturday in a weekend series against Maine. Puck drops in Steve Cady Arena 7:35 p.m.

Friday and 7:05 p.m. Saturday.

fourth quarter.

Redshirt sophomore running back Kenny Young provided the fatal blow in favor of MU, capping off a comeback that featured 15 unanswered points by Miami. The tailback caught a Ragland pass and charged upfield to the endzone for a 55-yard touch-

down. This score gave the ‘Hawks a lead that they would not relinquish.

“We made plays down the stretch.

That was the key,” Martin said.

Miami had trouble consistently running the football against KSU, averaging less than two yards per rush, with only 79 yards on 40 carries.

“They were going to take away the run and make whoever was playing quarterback beat them,” Martin said.

While MU struggled to effectively run the football, the RedHawks’ penalty problem that had persisted throughout the season was greatly improved Saturday.

Kent State was penalized five times for 39 yards, while the RedHawks were given four penalties for 28 yards.

MU football will take the field again noon Saturday on the road against Bowling Green State University.

ami players up-field because of confusion from a referee’s call about ball possession.

The first half of the game ended with the teams tied at one and with Kent State outshooting Miami 4-2.

MU earned the only penalty corner of the first session of play.

“I think it was a pretty evenly matched game. I think both teams knew that that was how it was going to be,” junior back Makenna Colby said. “We both played hard and put everything on the line.”

The second half began with five penalty corners awarded to Miami that resulted in two shots and even more competitive play.

The Miami ball girls were forced to work quickly as a result of the fast pace of the game that led to the end of regulation and the beginning of a 7-on-7 overtime period.

Lots of open field led to a quick shot by Miami, but Kent State responded with a shot and the gamewinning goal by junior forward Shannon Talbot.

Sophomore forward Paula Por-

tugal took four of Miami’s 10 shots in the game, and the RedHawks ended the game seeing a 9-2 advantage in penalty corners.

“You have to keep playing. Being in the MAC, everything comes to the last game of the season probably,” Puzo said. “We’re going to keep playing, we’re going to keep trying to get as high as possible in the seeding in the tournament and if Kent State doesn’t lose then we’ll play the semifinal and try to make the final and try to win in the final.”

The pace of the UNC game on Sunday afternoon started slower, perhaps as a result of the uncharacteristic October heat, before becoming faster five minutes into play.

The RedHawks rose to the challenge of facing the Tar Heels’ quick passes and deft stick placement as shouted encouragement could be heard throughout the entire game amongst the players.

Most of UNC’s goals came through traffic and Miami’s senior goalkeeper, Alysa Xavier, was forced to make four great saves on

seven UNC shots in the first half.

The RedHawks entered halftime down only 2-0 to sophomore forward, Malin Evert’s goal in the 11th minute and freshman forward, Marissa Creatore’s goal in the 19th minute.

“We were over played by North Carolina. They won very much every single goal—every single goal we were behind the play,” Puzo said. “We were one or two seconds behind the play, always too slow, too late. They played fast and we were not able to catch up that speed and the scoreboard is a good reflection of what happened on the field.”

Senior goalkeeper Shannon Johnson started the second half for UNC, replacing sophomore Alex Halpin.

The rest of the game was controlled by the Tar Heels’ offense, with Creatore scoring in the 43rd minute and sophomore midfielder Eva van’t Hoog scoring in the 55th.

Senior forward Lauren Moyer continued the offensive assault with another goal in the 64th and fifth-

year senior forward Emma Bozek scored less than two minutes later in the 66th minute.

Though the parents on the bleachers had quieted down towards the end of the game, the RedHawks maintained a constant level of competitiveness and shouted communication.

“I think when you play teams that play at high speed and at high tempo of the game, you pick up the pace too,” Puzo said. “Today we realized, the players realized, that they have to play faster and they have to think faster. We have a way to go in order to be one of the top teams in the country and that’s what you learn—it’s a reality check.

You always keep improving and keep getting better and we have to pick up the pace.”

UNC improves to 12-3 on the season.

Miami looks to bounce back at home 4:30 p.m. Friday against Appalachian State before traveling to Ball State for another MAC game 3 p.m. Sunday.

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ASG’s attempt to categorize students is inherently flawed The following piece, written by the editorial editors, reflects the majority opinion of the editorial board.

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f this polarizing political season has taught Americans anything, it’s that we are a country made up of citizens who identify with a wide gamut of ideologies. Indeed, as advertised, America is a melting pot and that which makes us different should, ideally, bring us together.

To identify as a Republican or a Democrat these days doesn’t cut it. These days, you have to account for the Green Party and the Tea Party, the Libertarians, Independents, Socialists, etc. To identify as a conservative or liberal is too broad.

Taken as a microcosm of our country, students at Miami cannot be categorized in a way that is inherently polarizing. It seemed that Associated Student Government (ASG) President Maggie Reilly agreed with this sentiment in her State of the School address on Oct. 5, saying, “Too often our university is divided into what seems to be three types of communities — the Greek commu-

nity, diverse and international students and athletes.”

She’s absolutely right. Whoever thought it was a good idea to divvy up our student body into three rather skewed categories was thinking in a limited mindset. It makes for a myopic division that does not account for the large majority of students. Taken at face value, the three aforementioned designations make for a strange looking pie chart not evenly divided by any means. Except: Reilly went on to use these categories to define both the student body and ASG’s plans to integrate the students, ostensibly sidestepping the bigger problem of limiting our student body to three categories.

The two groups that Reilly claims need to interact with one another more — the Greek community and athletes — account for a grand total of 30 percent of all students, according to the Cliff Alexander Office and Miami “Did You Know?” facts. 27 percent of

students are involved in Greek Life, while a mere three percent make up Miami’s student-athlete population.

Reilly outlined a plan to bridge these apparently isolated populations, citing the idea of recruiting football players to ref the flag football games hosted by her sorority. This is the kind of integration Miami needs, according to our student body president. This is a step in the right direction.

The other branch mentioned, the third (and seemingly less important) group is “diverse” students, who are supposed to account for the remaining 70 percent of Miami’s student population. There are a few outstanding problems with this statistic.

First, it implies that the former groups do not consist of students from diverse backgrounds, that no crossover is possible. Surely this is not intentional (nor is it accurate), but that does not excuse the negligence involved when one tries to minimize 16,000 plus stu-

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dents into three groups.

The second issue is lumping a whopping 11,000 of those students into a category as vague as “diverse and international,” which makes you wonder, “What makes a student diverse?” That’s like calling someone who voted in the last election democratic, as in a supporter of democracy, simply for voting. In our own ways, we are all diverse.

If the category was intended to encompass the minorities on campus, the intention was wide off its mark. Assuming this to be the case, it makes one wonder how much a representative group like ASG really understands about the minorities of campus.

All that was mentioned in President Reilly’s speech pertaining to “diverse” (minority) students was the implementation of Diversity Peer Educators (DPE), which is “devoted to promote greater cultural understanding and awareness on campus and in the local community.”

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TO THE EDITOR: Donald Trump was caught on tape making boastful and misogynistic comments about hitting on married women, and as a powerful businessman and media celebrity, being able to grab a woman in the crotch whenever he wanted. He told sleazy radio host Howard Stern that it would be fine for Stern to call his daughter Ivanka a “piece of ass.” Now he is defending himself by claiming that this was just “locker room talk,” and many of his supporters are buying it.

I have played basketball in high school, college, professionally in Europe and decades of pick-up games. I have spent over a halfcentury in locker rooms, and I have never heard anyone make those kind of sexist remarks, bragging about what amounts to sexual assault. Never. I would like women to know that this is not normal, run-of-the-mill, boyswill-be-boys banter.

Now so called “mainstream” Republicans are jumping the Trump ship, claiming that they are shocked at the new revelations. The whole sordid affair was not a surprise. Trump has been this Trump for many years, and the Republican Party knew it.

Even before it came out that Trump had boasted about his sexual assaults, Republicans such as Mitch McConnell and Paul Ryan did not take issue with Trump unless he “got off message.” In other words, the problem was that Trump was saying out loud what Republicans have been telling their sexist, racist, homophobic and xenophobic supporters in code for a half-century. The Republican Party has cultivated this segment of the electorate, but with a softer touch than Trump’s.

A lot of older white guys got this message. “Make America Great Again” harkens back to a time when men could get away sexual assault, women stayed in the kitchen with the kids and women had no reproductive rights. Men decided things for them.

The solid South got this message. When Democrats turned into the party of civil rights in the 1960s, Richard Nixon played the race card by appealing to law and order. The South heard Nixon loud and clear: blacks would be put back in their place. The southern states have voted for the once-hated party of Lincoln ever since. Ronald Reagan’s first campaign stop after winning the 1980 Republican nomination was in Philadelphia, Mississippi, where three civil rights workers had

whites, other than promising to lower taxes on the rich and to take away a health care system that is now insuring over ten million more Americans, Trump has no plan to bring their jobs back.

Republicans have also fueled white fears about immigrants. Republicans have been in control of Congress for years now, but have not offered up one plan to solve the broken immigration system, other than to support Trump’s wall on the southern border. In fact, Republicans do not want to

Donald Trump is the monster that the Republican Party created, and now they are trying to run away from it.

been murdered in 1964. This was a message that needed no decoding.

Working class whites got the message. Reagan Democrats were fed the line that blacks were now the privileged class in America (through welfare, affirmative action and other federal mandates).

Urban working class northern Ohio, once a bastion of Democratic politics, started leaning right, making Ohio a battleground state in every presidential election since. Reagan promised that tax cuts on the rich would trickle down into middle-class and working-class pockets. It didn’t happen; Rust Belt jobs were lost and the wealthiest Americans got richer and richer at the expense of the bottom feeders.

That trend accelerated under the George W. Bush administration, and now a self-proclaimed billionaire claims to be the champion of America’s angry and downtrodden whites. Other than pandering to their fear of non-

limit immigration. They know that businesses hire immigrants (legal or not) because many are willing to work for lower wages.

Republican leaders know that all workers’ wages suffer as a result, but that’s a dirty little secret, too.

Workers have not gotten that message.

Donald Trump is the monster that the Republican Party created, and now they are trying to run away from it. Trump will probably lose the election and Republicans could lose Congress. If that happens, Republicans might do some serious soul searching about their strategy of staying on the very message that Trump is selling, and return to the party of Lincoln that that my father — an ordained Lutheran minister — voted for in the 1950s.

The opinions expressed here are the author’s personal views as a private citizen.

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This, of course, comes after the statement that ASG would be focusing on uniting Greek life and athletes. This last bit spoke to the bigger idea of Reilly’s speech, which indicated ASG’s desire to unite Miami’s three communities, to bring about one Miami community through integration.

It’s a nice idea, but ill-informed.

The whole point of higher education is to promote learning through integration and intellectual challenge. Liberal education, at its most basic, asks its students to take a look at multiple perspectives through multiple subjects as a part of the curriculum. It inherently rejects grouping.

While Reilly’s goals and ideas are well-intentioned, they perpetuate everything that higher education strays from. Miami cannot be defined by three groups. Not only does ASG need to widen its focus, but it also needs to support the bridging of groups beyond student athletes and the Greek community.

TO THE EDITOR: Shimon Peres leaves behind a legacy of unwavering devotion and service to the state and people of Israel. His lifelong mission for peace, however, transcends nationality and explains his global influence.

No one’s legacy is flawless, yet by examining Peres’ legacy we learn important lessons.

Peres cannot be defined solely by his mistakes. We cannot, and should not, judge people on whether they’re purely good or purely bad. More importantly, Peres, like Israel, shouldn’t be held up to an impossible standard.

The Arab-Israeli conflict is enduring and complex, and cannot be attributed to one side, let alone one person. If nothing else, Peres taught us that, just as one side cannot be entirely blamed for the conflict, one side cannot be entirely responsible for the solution. A two-sided conflict requires a solution that understands, sympathizes with and addresses both sides.

Although Peres cannot be called the sole voice of Israel, or the main actor in the conflict, it is fair to call him a leading visionary of Israel.

The New York Times described him as a “founding pioneer who set an example for forward thinking by promoting the country’s high-tech prowess and cultural reach.”

Peres’ fierce loyalty to his dream for peace, in the face of vocal criticism, resulted in numerous advancements towards cooperation, including the 1993 Oslo Accords. In 1993, he signed the accords which established self-government in Gaza and the West Bank. It was an unprecedented agreement between Israel and the Palestinian Liberation Organization.

Another Peres initiative was establishing the Peres Center for Peace in Jaffa, Israel that implements programs in various fields including agriculture and sports, in addition to fostering a dialogue between Palestinians and Israelis as well as between Arabs and Jews.

Peres’ tireless efforts and achievements did not go unnoticed.

He was awarded the French Legion of Honor in 1957, the Nobel Peace Prize in 1994 and the Presidential Medal of Freedom from President Obama in 2012.

One need only to look at the impressive collection of world leaders who attended Peres’ funeral and who commented on his death to understand the global influence he had. Thousands of mourners and leaders came from over 75 countries, including: President Barack Obama, the presidents of France, Germany and Mexico, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, King Felipe VI of Spain, Prince Charles and Egypt’s Foreign Minis-

ter, gathered to remember him.

Abbas tweeted in Arabic that “Shimon Peres’ death is a heavy loss for all humanity and for peace in the region.” Abbas’ presence at the funeral marked a historic and hopeful moment as he entered Israel for the first time in six years and shook Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s hand. Even in death, Peres captured the attention of the world and brought people — from different backgrounds, religions and opinions, together.

Peres defied many people who see the world in black and white, who fail to realize that peace requires exploration of the gray areas.

When people refuse to consider perspectives that contradict their one-sided narratives, it renders them close-minded and unable to work together towards a solution.

Peres was not impaired by closemindedness; instead, he tried to approach those who might not approach him. He showed us that, when you come to the negotiation table, you need to be willing to compromise, just as the other side must be. He didn’t use the word ‘peace’ for nothing — he meant it, and he wanted people to believe in it too.

Much can, and should, be learned from Shimon Peres’ story.

Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair said it best in his eulogy: “Though he grew older, his spirit never did. Above all, his commitment to peace and his belief that it was in the interests of the country he adored marked him out as a visionary whose vision was never dimmed or displaced. He saw every setback as a spur to further action and every moment of hope as a sign of what could be done.” He continued, “The whole world will mourn his passing, but his memory will live on to inspire future generations to walk in his path.”

Shimon Peres devoted his life to Israel and the security and prosperity of all of its people. He strove to create an oasis in the desert guided by the light of morality and might of hard work and dignity. He understood that peace was integral to realizing his vision, and that it hinged on the cooperation of people on both sides.

He saw opportunity in the chasm and chased it until the end: “In spite of our differences, we can build peace, not just negotiate peace. We can create the proper environment, and not just become victims of the existing environment.”

May his memory be a blessing.

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Two debates down, one candidate stands alone as lesser evil

College student costumes sully memories of days past LIFE

HANNAH MEIBERS GUEST COLUMNIST

Halloween has been my favorite holiday since I could say “boo.”

Growing up, I made sure to decorate the ins and outs of my house with cobwebs, skeletons, vultures and crows, gravestones and, of course, the fog machine as late as October 1. I’d had my costume planned since the last Halloween and my trick-or-treat route mapped out two Halloweens earlier. I knew which houses handed out full-size candy bars and which houses handed out bags of cashews (now that’s spooky). Beyond the traditional festivities of Halloween, the October month also brought fall weather and a Goosebumps rerun marathon.

It’s the first year I’ve been away from home on my favorite holiday.

Although I’ve been deprived of decoration and traditional trick-ortreating, my Netflix still has “American Horror Story” and “Scream” saved in my list, ready to watch with the lights off and candy corn in my hand.

I’ve also been planning couplecostumes with my boyfriend since the first week of March. My Amazon shopping cart consists of a butt pad for my Kim Kardashian costume and 60’s vintage dress for my Penny Pingleton from Hairspray costume. However, the girl down the hall wanted my opinion on her Playboy Bunny costume. There

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wasn’t much to give an opinion on.

Along with costumes containing minimal material, such costumes like the Playboy Bunny are also the result of minimal thought.

When I was nine years old, we had just learned about the history of the Pilgrims and Native Americans.

My best friend and I couldn’t wait to wear the handmade Pilgrim and Native American costumes our moms made for us. However, the cultural inappropriateness in a nineteen-year-old girl dressing like a Native American with no material covering her rear because “that’s how the Indians did it” is so prominent.

Beyond the lack of sensitivity some students put into their costume planning, some students also partake in the three-day partying that coincides with Halloween.

These nights consist of pumpkin flavored alcohol, party hopping to different fraternity houses and horror stories in the morning.

Growing up, I didn’t know Halloween was made up of anything other than trekking through my neighborhood to find the best candy, creating a cemetery in my front yard and carving pumpkins.

Now the atmosphere is filled with skimpy costumes, forgotten nights and more police alerts than a typical weekend. The Halloween spirit may have vanished, but I’m certainly scared for October 31.

HALEY JENA

GUEST COLUMNIST

Donald Trump was not prepared for the second presidential debate, and he is not prepared to be president of the United States.

In the midst of the most unusual, unfavorable election season yet, I’m sad to say that the venomous second presidential debate last Sunday night didn’t surprise me.

As my roommate and I were watching live on our laptops, I found myself constantly yanking out my headphones and expressing my astonishment with her. I wasn’t sure if I was watching reality television or a presidential debate.

In what many call the most savage election yet, that Sunday night was an untamed battleground of name calling, interrupting and question dodging.

In just ninety minutes, Trump claimed the crown for being the first presidential nominee to threaten to jail his opponent. He argued with the moderators for not asking Hillary Clinton about her private email server immediately after they had just done so.

Instead of discussing his foreign policy or domestic concerns, he repeatedly bashed his opponent and, paradoxically, himself. A man who was just caught on tape openly bragging about sexually assaulting women (or as Trump calls it, “locker room talk”) focused on Bill Clinton’s past with a pre-debate press conference featuring Bill’s sexual assault accusers. He even blamed Hillary for his own evasion of taxes.

“A lot of my write-off was depreciation, and other things that Hillary as a senator allowed, and she’ll always allow it because the people who give her all this money, they

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Student loves saying he’s never eaten at Bagel & Deli SATIRE

JOEY HART

ASST. EDITORIAL EDITOR

Junior Gregory Smithers says that he loves seeing the confused looks on people’s faces when he tells them that he has never eaten at Bagel & Deli during his time at Miami.

“Yeah, Bagel and Deli is a pretty popular restaurant around this community,” Smithers says, “so I just love seeing how people react when I tell them that I’ve never ordered anything there.”

Smithers says that he regularly brings up the fact that he hasn’t eaten at the popular restaurant during social hangouts, classes and parties.

“I especially like telling people as my ‘fun fact’ whenever I’m part of one of those ice breakers where everyone goes around and says something about themselves,” he says. “If I see someone eating food from Bagel & Deli, I always love changing the conversation to the fact that I’ve never eaten there.”

Smithers adds that he thinks it’s “honestly pretty unique” that he has been attending Miami for two years and has yet to get food from the locally famous establishment. He says he has considered buying a bagel, but that he doesn’t want to give up the benefits.

“I just can’t get over how fun it is to interrupt anyone who is speaking and tell them that I’m a Bagel & Deli virgin,” he says.

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Junior Les Parkins, a friend of Smithers, says he doesn’t think that his friend’s fun fact is much of an accomplishment.

“I mean, no one really wants to tell him, but nobody gives a shit about whether or not you’ve personally done something,” Parkins says.

Smithers, though, added that if his aversion to mainstream cuisine isn’t enough, he also likes telling people that he doesn’t care about any bad luck that he might incur from stepping on the cam-

want it,” said Trump in the debate.

To be fair, while Trump took the prize for the most inaccuracies (and certainly the most nosesniffling), Hillary exaggerated the truth every now and then. Nicholas Kristof of The New York Times pointed out that Clinton never se-

make America safe again.”

Beyond lack of preparation and poise, however, Trump’s performances in the debates illustrate the understated double standards Hillary faces.

Michelle Vitali of Edinboro University encapsulated it perfectly.

Both candidates have different faults and different problems, but it is clear that there is only one candidate qualified to be president of the United States. And it is certainly not Donald Trump.

riously tried to “get rid of carried interest for years” in tax loopholes that benefit wealthy citizens as she claimed.

Both candidates have different faults and different problems, but it is clear that there is only one candidate qualified to be president of the United States. And it is certainly not Donald Trump.

Dodging question after question, Donald reminded me of a high schooler called on in class to answer a question that forgot to do the reading — a chain of circles that deflected him from almost never answering moderators and citizens with substantive, thoughtful answers. Moderator Anderson Cooper had to ask Trump not once, not twice, but four times about Trump’s leaked quote on sexually assaulting women until he finally denied it, after stating that “nobody has more respect for women than [he does].”

Even still after his false denial, Trump swerved: “No, I have not [done those things]. I will tell you that I’m going to make our country safe. We’re going to have borders in our country . . . We’re going to

“Imagine a woman who showed up unprepared, sniffling like a coke addict and interrupting her opponent seventy times. Let’s further imagine that she’s had five kids by three men, was a repeated adulterer, had multiple bankruptcies, paid zero federal taxes and rooted for the housing crisis in which many thousands of families lost their homes. Wait…there’s more: she has never held any elected office in her life and evangelical Christians love her just as she is,” the professor writes.

Hillary certainly has her faults, but she is the single candidate who is most prepared to lead our nation. While arguably “corrupt,” she is not perceived as a threat to our basic human rights and sense of security. She is not a blatant racist, advocate of sexual assault and rape culture — the list could go on.

At the very least, she is the lesser of two evils in a first-past-the-post electoral system. And at the very least, she was the only mature, well-versed, decent human being on stage last Sunday.

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Smithers says that he regularly brings up the fact that he hasn’t eaten at the popular restaurant during social hangouts, classes and parties.

pus seal. He explained that once last semester, he stepped on the seal but still “aced the shit out of” his Spanish exam the next week.

“It’s a great way to show the fact that I’m cool for not caring and that I got a great grade,” Smithers says, laughing. “I bring it up any time someone starts talking about the seal or exams.

Or anything else.”

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MIAMI HOCKEY TIES NO. 15 OHIO STATE 1–1 IN HOME OPENER

RedHawks exposed defensively in Kent State, UNC losses FIELD HOCKEY

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Head coach Enrico Blasi coaches senior forward Anthony Louis (95) as sophomore forward Ryan Siroky (24) looks on. Blasi is 366-248-60 through 17 seasons with MU. HOCKEY

BEN BLANCHARD SPORTS EDITOR

In its first home action of 2016, the Miami University ice hockey team tied the No. 15 Ohio State University Buckeyes 1-1 through regulation and two five-minute overtime periods. In an essentially exhibition shootout, OSU defeated Miami 1-0.

Freshman goaltender Ryan Larkin continued to show great promise for the RedHawks (1-1-1), as he made 23 saves to earn his second straight onegoal performance.

“I felt good, I knew our guys were always there to back me up,” Larkin said. “I know I just have to make the first save, and our defensemen did a great job of clearing rebounds and helping me out.”

Following scoring opportunities for both teams to start the tilt, Ohio State capitalized on a poorly timed Miami line change to strike first. The goal, courtesy of a David Gust finish from a Dakota Joshua rebound, put the Buckeyes (1-0-2) up 1-0 less than five minutes into the game.

MU reacted well to the deficit, as a flurry of offensive chances forced an OSU penalty roughly a minute after the goal.

With the man advantage, sophomore forwards Josh Melnick and Kiefer Sherwood charged the Buckeyes’ zone. Melnick fired a shot that rebounded to Sherwood, only for Sherwood’s backdoor effort to be stonewalled as well.

After several more scoring opportunities, the penalty expired. Miami and Ohio State traded penalties for

the remainder of the first period, but neither side was able to capitalize. At the end of the first, OSU led 1-0 while MU led in shots, 10-6.

The first intermission gave this young Miami team, one which started three freshmen and has 14 first-years on its roster, a chance to regroup.

“I thought we settled down after the first period and played our game,” head coach Enrico Blasi said.

“The power play goal was huge. I thought both goaltenders played great tonight.”

Consistent Miami pressure led to more Ohio State penalties to begin the second, as a penalty at the 2:29 mark gave MU its fourth power play of the evening. Just over a minute later, a clever centering feed by senior forward Anthony Louis to fresh-

man Carson Meyer drew yet another Buckeye penalty, giving the Red and White a 5-on-3 edge for 50 seconds.

Early in the power-play, Sherwood dug the puck out from the half wall, then fed junior defenseman and captain Louie Belpedio at the point.

Belpedio swung the puck to Louis at the right circle and then got a return pass that he one-timed past OSU to tie the score at one 4:11 into the second period.

This goal continued MU’s offensive dependence on special teams, as the RedHawks have to yet to score an even-strength goal through three games this season.

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The Miami University field hockey team fought valiantly at home this long weekend but ultimately lost 2-1 to Kent State in overtime Friday in a Mid-American Conference game and 6-0 to third-ranked UNC Sunday.

The RedHawks’ record drops to 8-7 overall, 3-4 at home and 3-1 in the MAC. Kent State is now 9-6 overall, 4-3 away and 5-0 in the MAC. The Friday afternoon matchup between the two teams was reminiscent of their matchup in the MAC Championship last year that ended in a heartbreakingly similar way for MU. “It’s a new season, what happened last year, happened last year,” head coach Inako Puzo said.

“Nobody wants to talk about it but the championship today was on the line and the winner of this game is probably going to win the championship and the championship also comes with the site of FIELD HOCKEY »PAGE 5

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Redshirt sophomore Gus Ragland threw for 181 yards and two touchdowns as the Miami University football team earned its first victory of the season at home over Kent State University, 18-14, in front of 15,160 fans at Yager Stadium.

With the RedHawks finally cracking into the win column, they improve to a 1-6 record overall and a 1-2 record in Mid-American Conference play. The Golden Flashes fall to 2-5 overall and 1-2 in the MAC. This was Ragland’s first action in six months, as his debilitating knee injury finally healed to the point that head coach Chuck Martin gave him the nod to get back on the field.

For Martin, this first triumph was thanks to the defensive efforts exhibited by the ‘Hawks.

“I thought our defense played a really good game. They played really hard the whole game. Up against a lot of, a lot of quarterback runs which is really, really challenging. They obviously kept us in it the first half,” Martin said.

Paul Haynes’ KSU dual-threat offense was led by junior quarterback Nick Holley, as he contributed 84 rushing yards and two touchdowns on 24 attempts on the ground while throwing for 91 yards on 7-for-11 passing.

Defensively, sophomore linebacker Junior McMullen led the way for

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Redshirt sophomore running back Alonzo Smith charges upfield against Kent State.

Smith has racked up 378 yards and a touchdown through seven games.

Miami with 10 tackles, while senior linebacker TJ Williams chipped in with seven tackles and an interception.

For the Golden Flashes, their defensive efforts were anchored by senior safety Nate Holley who had six tackles, including one for a loss.

Fifth-year senior linebacker Nick Cuthbert contributed six tackles, with one of those for a loss.

Miami showed newfound resilience in the third quarter after Kent State went 11 points ahead on

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a 21-yard rushing touchdown by Holley. Facing the deficit, MU was in the same position it had been in all year. Yet, each of the past situations resulted in losses.

To earn a winning result this time around, the RedHawks bounced back thanks to redshirt sophomore Alonzo Smith’s 15-yard touchdown pass from Ragland, trimming the deficit to four.

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The Miami University volleyball team finished its four-game road trip with back-to-back victories against Mid-American Conference opponents Central Michigan University and Eastern Michigan University this weekend.

“It takes a big toll on you to constantly be on the road, but to know that we can win in uncomfortable situations is really good,” junior right side hitter Katie Tomasic said.

The weekend sweep puts Miami at 16-4 overall with an undefeated 8-0 conference record. The ’Hawks win streak now stands at 15 matches.

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night against the Chippewas.

In the first set, three kills by sophomore outside hitter Stela Kukoc led the RedHawks to an early 8-2 lead. CMU closed the gap to 1013, but kills by senior outside hitter Maris Below and senior middle hitter Paige Hill halted the run, propelling MU to a 25-17 victory.

Set two was tight from start to finish. With a slim 18-17 advantage, a Below kill and block put the Red and White in control, propelling the squad to a decisive 7-0 closing run, giving Miami the set win.

Two early kills by Tomasic opened up a 4-1 lead for the ’Hawks in the third set. Kukoc continued her strong performance, tallying three kills to VOLLEYBALL »PAGE 4